Fluting or beading machine.



CHESTER RICHARD VOORHIES, OF PORTLAND, OREGO.

FLUTING OR BEADING MACHINE.

Speccation. of Letters Patent.

ratented sept. s, 190s.

Application filed October 18, 1907. Serial No. 398,082.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHESTER RIGHARD VooRHIEs, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Mount Tabor, (Portland), in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and Improved Fluting or .Beadin Machine, of which the following is a full, c ear, and exact description.v

The invention relates to wood-working machinery and its object is to provide a new and improved fluting or .beading machine, more especially designed for forming iiutes or beads v on columns aid'like articles, 1n avery simple and economical manner.

The invention consists of novel features and arts and combinations of the same, whic will be more fully described hereinafter and then ointed out in the claims.

A practica embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speclcation, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement; Fig. 2 is a transverse section ofthe same, on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section of the guideway for the motor to slide and to rock on. Fig. 4 is a partialtransverse section through the motor casing near the lower end thereof. A

On the body AA of an ordinary wood-working lathe, is mounted the usual spindle B and a tail stock C'for supporting the column or other work D to be fluted or beaded.

On the front of the body A are bolted or otherwise secured a number of brackets E, to which is fastened a longitudinally extending idewayl F in the form'of a rod, engaged by earings G secured to or formed on the casing G of an electric or other rotary motor, having its shaft G2 provided with a rotary cutter H, for cutting flutes or beads lengthwise on the work D. The cutter H is litted on the shaft and fastened thereon by washers I, held in place by a nut G3, screwing on the outer threaded end of the motor shaft G2, so that the washers I clamp the cutter H in position, for the cutter to rotate with the shaft G?. By the arrangement described, the cutter H may be adjusted inwardly or outwardly on the shaft G2, so as to brin the cutter H in proper relation to the work according to the diameter of the latter, that is, the cutter H is held in lace on'the shaft G2 nearer to the inneren of theshaft, on work'D of a large diameter, and further out on the shaft for work of smaller diameter.

The casing G of the motor is provided with a handle G4, adapted to be taken hold of by the operator for sliding the motor lengthwise on the guideway F and for rocking the motor transversely, 'so as to move the cutter H in and out of engagement with the work D. A guard J is secured to the to of the motor casing G, to protect the wor men from the cutter H. Stop collars K are adjustably secured by set screws K on the guideway F, to limit the sliding movement of the motor G on the guideway F, according to the length of the flute or bead to be formed on the work D. The washer I, next below the cutter H, rests on the peripheral face of the work D, thus limiting the cutting depth of the cutter H on the work D. An adjusting screw L, forthe motor casing G, serves to move the motor and consequently the cutter H into accurate position in case the washers I fail to bring the cutter into proper position. Now when the motor is running and the cutter H is `ro tated, then the operator by having hold of the handle G4 can conveniently slide the motor G along on the guideway F, and at the same time swing the motor G over transversely, for the cutter H to cut into the work. As the cutter H rotates and is bodily carried along in a longitudinal direction, it is evident that the desired flute or bead is cut len thwise on the work D. The motor G as we l as its guide rod F are preferably mounted on an ordinary turning lathe, employed for turning the work down to the desired diameter, so thatthe work remains truly centered on the lathe while being fluted or beaded by the fluting or beading attachment. By this mode of procedure a separate handling of the work from a lathe to a fluting or beading machineis dispensed with, and at the same time the work remains truly centered during the uting or beading operation.

Having thus described my invention, vI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: v

1. A fluting or beading machine, comprising a support for the work, a guideway, and a motor mounted -to slide and to rock on the said guide-way and carrying and revolvin a luting or beading 'cutter and means for adjusting the motor transversely of the guideway.A

2. A fluting or beading machine, comprising a guideway, and a motor mounted to slide on the sald guideway in the direction of the length of the work and capable of rocking on the guideway in a transverse direction, the shaft of the motor being arranged transversely to the guide-way and provided with a luting'or beading cutter.

.3. A fluting or beading machine, comprising a lathe bed, a spindle, a tail stock, a guideway lengthwise-on the lathe bed, and a motor mounted' to slide lengthwise and to rock transversely on thesaid guideway, the shaft of the motor extending transversely to the guide way and carrying a luting or beading cutter.

4. A Huting or beading machine, comprising a lathe bed, a spindle, a t'ail stock, a guideway lengthwise on the lathe bed, a motor mounted to slide lengthwise and to rock transversely on the said guideway, the shaft of the motor extending transversely to the guide-way and carrying a fluting or beading cutter, and means on the said shaft for limit,- ing the cutting depth of the cutter. Y Y

5. A luting or beading machine, com rising a lathe bed, a spindle, a tail stoe a guideway llengthwise on the lathe bed, and a rotary motor having its cylinder extending transversely to the guide-way and provided with longitudinally arranged bearmgs engaging the said guideway to allow of sliding the motor lengthwise on the guideway and to rock it transversely, the said motor casing having a handle for engagement by the operator and the shaft of the motor having adjustable means for adjustably securing a rotary cutter in place on the motor shaft.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHESTER RICHARD VOORHIES. Witnesses: g

ERNEST MORRIS, WM. TURNER. 

